Louisville, Kentucky — On Thursday, the 225th General Assembly turned its attention to ecumenical and interfaith relations and policies and statements intended to enhance them. The morning began with ecumenical worship. Karen Georgia Thompson, the morning’s preacher and longtime ecumenical officer for the United Church of Christ, said, “COVID is not the only thing plaguing us this season. We are witnesses to polarities that marginalize communities and widen poverty and injustice throughout the world.” Preaching on Revelation 21, Thompson said the writer is challenging all people of faith to create a new vision “out of the persecution and oppression we...